Cooling transfer device for glassware



W. H. JOHNSON COOLING TRANSFER DEVICE FOR GLASSWARE Filed Jan. 25. 1 22'2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR W171i am H Johnson,

ATT .RNEY

Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES Qi FlfiE.

WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, OF TERRE HAIJ'TE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO AUTOMATIC MA-CHINERY COMPANY, OF TERRE HAUTE,

INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

CO'OLING TRANSFER, DEVICE FOR GLASSWARE.

Application filed January 25, 1923. Serial No. 615,424.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. J OHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Cooling Transfer Device for Glassware, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, etficient device bymeans of which freshly formed, possibly still plastic, glass ware may bereceived from forming mechanism and supported, for a suflicient periodto become set, in such manner that it will not settle, under a portionof its own weight, and thereby become distorted; successive portions ofthe apparatus being automatically presented to charging position.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation, in partialvertical section, of one form of my invention, and Fig. 2, a plan, in apartial horizontal section, of the same.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a suitable, portable pedestal having acentral column 11 to which is secured a bracket 12 carrying a horizontalannular cam-track 13.

J ournalled upon column 11 above bracket 12 is a central sleeve 14 of arotary table 15 having a ware-receiving upper surface in which areformed a plurality of pockets 16 arranged in a circumferential series.Mounted in each pocket 16 is a ware-supporting plunger 17 having a stem18 projecting downwardly through the bottom of its pocket and restingupon cam-track 13.

Secured to column 11 near its upper end is a vertically adjustablecollar 19 upon which is supported a finger-carrying plate 20 journalledon the column and provided with a series of radial guides 21corresponding in number and arrangement to the pockets 16. Plate 20 isconnected with table 15, so as to rotate therewith, by a series of bolts22, the efi'ective lengths of the bolts being proportioned tocorrespondwith the setting of collar 19.

Mounted in each guide 21 is a radiallymovable waresupporting fork ormember 23 adapted to engage a hardened upper portion of a piece of ware24 so that said ware will be suspended therefrom.

In order to advance table 15 step by step I have shown, in the presentdrawings, the following mechanism: Secured to sleeve 14 is a ratchetwheel 30 having teeth in number "and, arrangement corresponding topocket 16. Associated with said ratchet wheel, and journalled on sleeve14, is a pawlcarrier 31 provided with pawl 32 adapted to engage theteeth of ratchet wheel 30. The carrier 31 is reciprocated by a suitablepitman 33.

Each finger 23 is provided with a pin or roller 34 and secured to theupper end of column 11, above finger plate 20, in position to controlthe paths of movement of rollers 34, are two cams 35 and 36.

The operation is as follows: Station A, Fig. 2, may be considered thecharging station, the adjacent finger 23 having been retracted by cam 35and the adjacent plunger 16 having been raised to a point where, inco-operation with the upper sur-' face of table 15, the ware may beplaced over the plunger and in radial alinement with a finger 23.

When the table is advanced toward the station B, plunger 16 will rise soas to lift the ware to a point where finger 23 may be projected intoposition to support the ware, by the act-ion of cam 36. As the plungermoves to station C, cam-track 13 is so formed as to permit the plungerto descend away from the bottom of the ware, the ware being supportedwith its bottom slightly above the upper surface of table 15 therebypreventing any settlement of the ware under a portion of its own weight.By successive movements of the table, the plunger under considerationadvances to- Station D where, just before this station is reached, cam13 serves toraise the plunger into engagement with the ware and raisethe ware slightly from the supporting finger whereupon, as

station E is reached, the supporting finger is retracted by cam 35 andplunger 16 permitted to descend so that the ware may rest upon the tableand be withdrawn by any suitable means, automatic or otherwise. Suchmeans does not form any part of my present invention. 1

The apparatus may be readily transported from place to place so as to beset in any position convenient for the reception and handling of theware. It will be obvious, of course, that the discharge may take placeat some station earlier than station E by a proper circumferentialshifting of portions of the cam track 13.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a cooling table, the combination of a suitably supported rotatableWare-receiving table arranged to receive the formed Ware from theforming machine and provided With a plurality of vertically movableWarereceiving plunger-s, a corresponding plurality of Ware-supportingelements for receiving the Ware from the plungers and supporting! ituntil it takes a set, means by which the plungers are automaticallyraised i and lowered to vary the position of the Ware rel ative to thetable, and means by which the Ware-supporting elements are automaticallyshifted into and out of Ware-supporting position.

2. In a cooling table, a supporting pedestal, a column carried thereby,a Warereceiving' table journalled on the column, arranged to receive theformed Ware from the forming machine and provided With a plurality ofplunger pockets, a plurality of Ware-supporting plungers mounted in saidpockets and projected downwardly through the table, a cam tracksupported by the pedestal and supporting the plunger-s to automaticallyraise and lower the same as the table is rotated, a plurality ofshiftable Ware-supporting members carried by the table corresponding innumber and arrangement With the Ware-supporting plungers for receivingthe Ware from the plungers andsupporting it until it takes a set, andcam members carried by the column for automatically shifting saidwaresupporting members to and from Waresupporting position. i

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Terre Haute, Indiana,this 17th day of December, A. D. one thousand nine hundred andtvventytwo.

WILLIAM H. JOHNSON.

